The Church of St Dingat in

Dingestow Dingestow (pronounced , ) is a small village in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located south-west of Monmouth and approximately the same distance north-east of Raglan, Monmouthshire, Raglan in rural Monmouthshire. The River Trothy passes through ...

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, is a parish church dating from the 14th century. It is dedicated to Saint Dingat or Dingad, a 5th-century Welsh saint. The church was almost completely rebuilt by

Thomas Henry Wyatt Thomas Henry Wyatt (9 May 1807 – 5 August 1880) was an Anglo-Irish architect. He had a prolific and distinguished career, being elected president of the Royal Institute of British Architects for 1870–1873 and being awarded its Royal Gold Me ...

in 1846 and further renovated by Richard Creed in 1887–1888. It is an active parish church and a

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History

The origins of the church date from the 14th century, though almost nothing remains of this period. In the early 19th century, the Monmouthshire antiquarian

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described the original church, "it is a mean building and has nothing to attract the eye of curiosity, consisting only of a nave without side-isles". The tower was rebuilt in 1846 by the architect T. H. Wyatt, who worked extensively in Monmouthshire. Later in the 19th century further renovations took place under the supervision of Richard Creed. The church remains an active parish church.

Architecture and description

The church is built of

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and puddingstone

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. It comprises a

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with porch, a North

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, a

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and Wyatt's tower. The architectural historian John Newman describes the

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as comprising

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depicting the

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and symbols of the

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. The North

functions as the chapel of the Bosanquet family of Dingestow Court and contains memorials to members of the family dating from 1806 to 1975. The church is a Grade II* listed building, its listing recording the building as "the principal architectural feature in the village of Dingestow".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dingestow, Saint Dingat Grade II* listed churches in Monmouthshire History of Monmouthshire Church in Wales church buildings in Monmouthshire 14th-century church buildings in Wales Thomas Henry Wyatt buildings